Designed for digital artists, video editors, photographers, gamers, system builders, and more, the 10TB WD_BLACK Performance SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive from WD is optimized for drive performance so you can spend more time experiencing the things you love most. When paired with an SSD for a dual-drive configuration, you’ll further benefit from the caching of your OS onto the SSD for increased performance.
This 10TB drive operates using a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface, a 256MB cache, and a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, all of which help to ensure uninterrupted data transfers with a sustained rate of up to 263 MB/s. This drive also features high levels of reliability, with 300,000 load/unload cycles and <1 in 1014 non-recoverable read errors per bits read. Also built into this drive are WD’s StableTrac and Dynamic Cache Technology to help increase reliability and optimize performance.
Camylle Kuhic (verified owner) –
This is an expansion to my 2Tb WD Black HDD, this is all you expect from a mechanical drive. Fast, quiet and reliable. I use it for my Media Server (PLEX) and is just amazing.
Ahmed Lind (verified owner) –
This product was used to add storage space to our hard drive. It came as said on the shipping options. And was perfect for our needs. Thank You
Dean Crist (verified owner) –
Good value from a reputable company.
Alexandrine Larson (verified owner) –
Still needed high capacity Hard Drive,but did not want slow drive. This offered both, and after install it delivered.
Andy Bogan (verified owner) –
Black is beautiful, but it comes at a price: Since the black series of the WD drives are optimized for performance, they have a slightlxy higher wear and tear than let’s say the green rendition, which has lower revs. That said, the black drives are built for for heavy loads and strong performance rather than quiet or energy-saving operation. These drives come with an unusual five year warrranty, and due to heat problems in my relatively small case I had already some dead soldiers. So if you want to use these drives, make sure they are succiciently cooled.
Jerrod Miller (verified owner) –
This is my 5th WD Drive and they have all been very reliable. Had 3 Seagates fail on me – never again!! I use 2 WD reds in a raid setup and this is used as a Time Machine drive. Love the 5 year warranty, but hope I never have to use it.
Jadyn Ziemann (verified owner) –
Bought to add storage to my new custom desktop running Windows 10 off a SSD. Quick install, setup and off we go! Very fast!
Gussie Bartell (verified owner) –
I purchased this drive to replace a 6-year-old Seagate Barracuda drive that was still running great but is now too small. I switched to WD this time on the basis of both price and reports that showed WD offering better long-term reliability these days. (My own experience with external drives agrees with those reports.) However….I hate this new drive. The noise level is awful!! Other reviewers complained that this drive was noisy, but I took a chance. I don’t mind clicks and clunks when I access files — that’s the drive doing it’s job. However, this drive has two problems: It clicks loudly every 5 seconds, even when idle; and worse yet, it makes a loud whirring/rubbing sound the entire time it’s spinning. My two Seagate drives in this system were completely inaudible over the system fans, but this new drive drowns out everything around it by a large margin. Worse yet, there are high-frequency components to the whirring that grate on my nerves, but which the engineers at WD apparently can’t even hear (or they would never have released this product). I was planning to upgrade my other Seagate Barracuda soon, too, given that it is also 6 years old. Needless to say, I’ll be replacing that one with a Seagate rather than another WD. My biggest regret with this new drive is that the 5-year warranty means I can’t justify replacing it anytime soon.
Garrison Ernser (verified owner) –
When I want a five year warranty and the security of file backups, this is the harddrive I depend upon. I have before, and that’s why I added this to my choices.
Chelsea Homenick (verified owner) –
Five year warranty sold me!
Zechariah Welch (verified owner) –
It works and runs fast as described. Nicely priced. Runs quiet.
Mohammed Johnston (verified owner) –
When you start having terabytes of information, you need larger traditional drives as SSDs are still too expensive. The common sacrifice we face from SSD to a traditional drive is loss in speed, but the Western Digital Black’s speed is satisfying and when you move all your files over and still have so much space left, you’l be happy with your purchase. I actually use this drive for a little bit of everything, gaming, video editing, 3d modeling, mass storage, and may even use it as backup to my other drives. I have no complaints. Above all the 5 warranty is really what sold this drive for me. All the others at WD at 2, so this shows WD’s confidence in their black series drives. You wont be worried about speed or space if your drive is dead after all. Noisy like traditional drives, no surprise there.
Brandi Langworth (verified owner) –
Acquired two of these hard drives to accommodate my growing video storage needs. WDs are good quality drives that have served me well over several years. The 4TB is new to me, but I fully expect it to be there for at least three to four years.
Kathleen Cassin (verified owner) –
WD Black is the best drive around. Worked flawlessly and I know it’s stable for years.
Gerard Doyle (verified owner) –
used in back up enclosure works well
Mortimer Little (verified owner) –
I have only had the HDD installed for a week and it is performing fine. It might be a little faster than the older Seagate it replaced. I am disappointed in all the noise it makes. It is very loud. My Seagate was quite, but only a 2-year warranty. I went with WD because of the 5-year warranty.
Tatyana Keebler (verified owner) –
At this price point, you are getting excellent speeds and plenty of storage for modern day media and gaming. 5 year warranty puts this drive above all others in its range, FIVE YEARS. Peace of mind for important game saves or priceless family photos. This drive is very light compared to my other WD black drives (2T, 4T), VERY light. The others feel like a heavy brick in your hand, this does not. I use it for gaming and that’s it, no issues, load times are relatively close to my experience with gaming on SSDs drives. We’re talking seconds here, so my experience was very pleasant. Its a great drive, don’t hesitate.
Angela Schneider (verified owner) –
Noticeable file transfer speed increase. Recommend.
Destin Smith (verified owner) –
Bought for backup. Using internally on a eSATA network. Gets about 120 mbs to 156 mbs transfer of data between SSDs that are running between 2.5 gbs and 490 mbs max.
Alexandrine Kessler (verified owner) –
From taking it out of the box and getting it setup inside my desktop this HD has been fantastic.